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matau

human history
  • Other Name

    fish hook, two-piece point

  • Description

    fish hook, two-piece point. Straight limb. Inturned tip but tip is missing. Outer edge reduced on the outside with a projection below at the end. Has a metal U-bolt through the bone to which a label is attached. Bone.

  • Place
  • Accession Number
    1931.650
  • Other Id

    17068 (ethnology)

  • Department
matau, 1931.650, 17068, Photographed by Richard Ng, digital,… … Read more

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